Of course we all know the video is cheesy we don't have to beat a dead horse on that one.

But what kind of video or video director would you have liked to see for Alphabet Street?

I would have loved to see a Peter Gabriel or a Mark Knopfler directed music video! something very outlandish and epic to go witht he scope of the song or album.

In fact all the videos from the album i wish they had great videos to go with the grand scope of the album

So what kind of video would have liked to have seen for Alphabet Street? or a specific director?

back in the day i thought this video was the business!

don't remember watching it & thinking it was cheesy, i'd seen nothing else like it & actually thought it was the height of new technology it worked imo. Loved the song, daddy's white thunderbird, the splits, she'll want me from my head to my feet! visual, colourful, unique & people would pay a lot of money to achieve that kind of vintage effect thesedays

excited said:

back in the day i thought this video was the business!

don't remember watching it & thinking it was cheesy, i'd seen nothing else like it & actually thought it was the height of new technology it worked imo. Loved the song, daddy's white thunderbird, the splits, she'll want me from my head to my feet! visual, colourful, unique & people would pay a lot of money to achieve that kind of vintage effect thesedays

Not sure if joking or...

Gunshalen:

Alphabet Street... I have so many fond memories to this video when it was released.


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Back in '88 - I saw it on MTV on my little 14 inches tv screen back in the spring / early summer 1988, I was soo excited with the new Lovesexy look, later the Glam Slam video followed.. I was really excited back then, and those 12 inch vinyls/ CD singles.. it was AMAZING.



the Lovesexy album is excellent!! - however, maybe a little too much complexity for some (maybe the americans, and the newbies too?)...


Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeeaaaah....!!


Raspberry Beret, Kiss, and then Alphabet Street.... a string of great music videos...

I mean that is ok if y'all like it but i hate it! it looks like it was made for 99 cents and a pack of cigs.

You were 7 when it was released. Of course you're gonna find it "cheesy".

Much like you'll find your fav 1D's videos cheesy in 15 years time.

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Love the video. And P looks his finest with his long locks.

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Dont ever mention this again!

callimnate said:

You were 7 when it was released. Of course you're gonna find it "cheesy".

Much like you'll find your fav 1D's videos cheesy in 15 years time.

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Love the video. And P looks his finest with his long locks.

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Dont ever mention this again!

Uhhh first off i wasn't born when this was released second off i have never nor will ever watch a One Direction videos.

I forgot Prince fams can be as vicious as Beyonce and Lady GaGa fans

callimnate said:

You were 7 when it was released. Of course you're gonna find it "cheesy".

Much like you'll find your fav 1D's videos cheesy in 15 years time.

That video gets criticized alot on this site,but I have always liked it It reminds me of the music videos from the early 80s,when artists had very small budgets to work with.But I like the simplicity of it.Alot of vivid colors and playfulness.

Gunsnhalen said:

thedance said:

Gunshalen:

Alphabet Street... I have so many fond memories to this video when it was released.


[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ecnirp2004/Prince/AlphabetStvideo_zpsb5fda3d6.jpg[/img:$uid]


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Back in '88 - I saw it on MTV on my little 14 inches tv screen back in the spring / early summer 1988, I was soo excited with the new Lovesexy look, later the Glam Slam video followed.. I was really excited back then, and those 12 inch vinyls/ CD singles.. it was AMAZING.



the Lovesexy album is excellent!! - however, maybe a little too much complexity for some (maybe the americans, and the newbies too?)...


Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeeaaaah....!!


Raspberry Beret, Kiss, and then Alphabet Street.... a string of great music videos...

We experienced the same...it was a very exciting time, Lovesexy must have been a year in my cdplayer, i heard it so many times. Also the Glam Slam video was amazing and than, on top of it all, he released the 10 minutes I wish U heaven.

I'll never stop stickin' up for this video. I think it's exactly what it's supposed to be, and it's pure fun. I mean, wasn't it intended to look sort of like a segment on Sesame St.?

My preference is: no video.

I like associating a song with something from my own life instead of some director's vision on what the song means.

I'm all for performance videos (live videos), but as far as someone else's interpretation of a song? Nah. Memories are best.

Gunsnhalen said:

excited said:

back in the day i thought this video was the business!

don't remember watching it & thinking it was cheesy, i'd seen nothing else like it & actually thought it was the height of new technology it worked imo. Loved the song, daddy's white thunderbird, the splits, she'll want me from my head to my feet! visual, colourful, unique & people would pay a lot of money to achieve that kind of vintage effect thesedays

Not sure if joking or...

absolutely NOT joking!

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I liked the video. This is probably what Prince's dreams looked like. It also had that cheap, gritty, in the basement look of the early 80s music videos. It definitely stood out from the typical over produced videos of 1988.

Gunsnhalen said:

Of course we all know the video is cheesy we don't have to beat a dead horse on that one.

Well that appears to be bollocks just like this thread, what a pointless discussion.

if it were up to me, i'd do it in black and white, fred astaire style with a darkened street, plenty of those old gaslights and choregraphed moves centered around a long walk down the block, passing street signs along the way.

callimnate said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Uhhh first off i wasn't born when this was released second off i have never nor will ever watch a One Direction videos.

I should've used this Gif for you OP!

Yep

Gunsnhalen said:

I mean that is ok if y'all like it but i hate it! it looks like it was made for 99 cents and a pack of cigs.

I always kind of assumed that was the point -that it was raw and stripped. I really liked it.

lrn36 said:

I liked the video. This is probably what Prince's dreams looked like. It also had that cheap, gritty, in the basement look of the early 80s music videos. It definitely stood out from the typical over produced videos of 1988.

I agree.